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Formalists’ and Structuralists’ reading and response to reality
Formalist
Reading/response of Reality
Defamiliarization; By Viktor Shklovsky
How to re-see and re-think
Literariness
Focus on the form not the content
eg: Metaphor, rhythm, imagery.
The use of language to grab attention
eg: Alliteration and irony.
Close Reading
symbolism
Imagery
Tone
Structuralist
Reading/response of Reality
Signifier & Signified; Ferdinand de Saussure
signifier
hero
signified
villan
Binary Oppositions; Claude Lévi-Strauss
little red riding hood
Safety vs. Danger
Good vs. Bad
Road vs. Forest
Animal vs. Human
Adnan and Lina
Good vs. Bad
Peace vs. War
Nature vs. Urban
Narrative Structure; Vladimir Propp’s analysis of folktales
